Charles R. Schwab

Charles Robert Schwab, Jr. (born July 29, 1937) is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation. Schwab was born in Sacramento, California. Despite having the same name, he is not related to Charles M. Schwab, the American steel magnate of the first half of the Twentieth Century. He attended Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, CA and was captain of the golf team. He also attended pre-college school at Holy Rosary Academy in Woodland, California. Schwab is dyslexic, but didn't know he had the disorder until he was 40, and had no interest in it until he learned that his son is dyslexic. One of the aims of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation is to assist children with the disorder. Schwab graduated from Stanford...